Lebron James, who’s known to take great pride in his wardrobe, is featured on the cover of the February 2009 issue of GQ Magazine. But he can’t credit himself solely for his impeccable style. A few years ago, he hired a personal stylist who helps him out in the fashion department, and in the interview with GQ, he mentioned NBA commissioner David Stern, thanking him for instituting the rule where players have to get dressed for the game.
“I have to thank David Stern,” James said. “Ever since he put in the rule about having to get dressed for the game, I had to get dressed.”
The 24-year-old Cleveland Cavaliers player also mentioned how excited he was to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine.
“It’s great. It shows that I’m fashionable. I never thought I would be on the cover of GQ. But I’ve done some things I never thought I would do.”
Cleveland Cavaliers frontman, Lebron James, celebrated his 24th birthday with a party at Karu&Y last night in Miami, Florida. Rappers Fabolous and Flo-Rida, who’s a native of Miami, attended the party, in addition to BET personality Big Tigger and Miami Heat basketball player Michael Beasley. Continue reading to peep all of the photos!
The cheating defending champions, the Boston Celtics, have accomplished their best streak in franchise to start a winning streak from 21-2. The Celtics defeated the New Orleans Hornets last night to win their 22-2 addition. Paul Pierce responded in joy of the recognition.
“It all goes out the window if we don’t win the championship,” Pierce said.
This year belongs to the Lakers. I’m not going to hop on the Celtics’ bandwagon, I’m sticking with my team (coughs) L.A. Lakers! But no haterade over here, congratulations Celtics. Enjoy … for now.
NBA legend Charles Barkley believes that is is disrespectful for Cleveland Cavaliers star Lebron James to discuss his free agency, which begins after the 2010 basketball season.
“If I was LeBron James, I would shut the hell up,” the Hall of Famer said on Patrick’s show. “I’m a big LeBron fan. He’s a stud. You gotta give him his props. I’m getting so annoyed he’s talking about what he’s going to do in two years. I think it’s disrespectful to the game. I think it’s disrespectful to the Cavaliers.”
Well, apparently, Lebron doesn’t think so and his this to say about Barkley:
“He’s stupid. That’s all I’ve got to say about that,” James said.
LeBron James has just shot a 3-minute long commercial for his latest release of the Nike Zoom LeBron VI: After Six. The sexy Nicole Scherzinger shows up in the commercial as well which makes it a whole lot better. Check out the TV spot above.
NEW YORK CITY // WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH 2008 » Many celebrities came to show support to the LeBron James and his Family Foundation to help enpower children and single-parent households to form innovative programs and activities for those families. Fellow athletes and friends like Jay-Z, Serena Williams, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and more were all in attendance at the event. Check out more flicks of the party after the cut.
Oh, say does the star spangled banner yet wave! Team USA took the gold against the final contender which was Spain. They’ve came a long way with one of the best line-ups seen in the Olympics in awhile. It was a great race towards the gold and it was definitely worth it. Team USA won by 11 (118-107). The match against Spain wasn’t as elementary as they would’ve hoped but it still didn’t road block the way to the main prize.
The red, white and blue is the last standing colors once again! The Senior Men’s Basketball Team of USA has been progressing more and more every game and making their statement on where they stand in this competition. Two years ago, this accomplish of Team USA seems unreachable but the tables have definitely turned. USA overthrew Greece by 23 points (92-69) and is digging closer to the gold! Dwyane Wade finished with 17 points and felt their teamwork is the major difference between the past few olympic games:
“We played like we wanted to win. We played together,” Dwyane Wade said. “We were very aware of their offensive sets, we were very aware of their personnel and we played like that. So we were kind of a step in front of what they wanted to do because we kind of knew everything already.”
The Senior’s Men USA Team managed to take the win against Angola but it hardest is yet to come. Team USA has been steady with their wins during the Summer Olympics seeing that they haven’t lost against one opponent they’ve played. USA won by 21 points (97-76) last night against Angola. Team USA is buckling down for their tougher opponents coming up Thursday against Greece.
The USA Senior Men’s Team wins another consecutive game, this time against China. The game took place in Beijing. Although China was at home, USA still came out on top. This game will definitely go down in history. China’s secret weapon, Yao Ming, didn’t affect USA’s performance. Team USA took the victory by 31 points (101-70). Kobe Bryant even compare the night to one he’s never experienced before in his life:
“I’ve never felt an environment quite like this,” Kobe continued “I’ve played in many big games, but the energy tonight was different. I think they knew that history was being made tonight, obviously, it was a proud moment for their country as it is for ours. You could feel the electricity.”
